@bho.bsky.social
British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
@vch-home.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialFor a history of Ashwell (with drawings!) from 1912, see @bho.bsky.social:
@vch-home.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialNew (draft) text now available!
Thanks to Professor Nicholas Orme, we are pleased to share draft texts of around 40 medieval monastic and religious foundations in #Devon which will form part of our second volume on the county in due course.
All comments/corrections gratefully received. 🗃️
@bho.bsky.socialFree to read and download until 5th November:
What Did Folklore Do?
The Social Functions of Tradition
by Jeremy Harte.
@histparl.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialFollowing @georgianfun.bsky.social's groundbreaking research on John London, the earliest known Black voter in Britain, more research has gone into discovering instances of Black political participation in the 18th century, as Dr Robin Eagles investigates.
@georgianlords.bsky.social
@statutes.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialNew slavery trial reports: Alfred v. Fitzjames, 1799, a claim for back wages.
Espinasse's probably dodgy account, and a contemporary newspaper's version:
@bho.bsky.socialThis is cool: a database and map of c20th military structures in the U.K.:
@victorianlondon.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.social(I jest. She went by 'ass driver' ...
@oispooky.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialHelp, I can't breathe 😆🥊
@carmenmangion.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialJoin IHR Women's History Seminar on 9 October at 530pm online or in person (IHR Wolfson NB01). Online booking here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social @ihrwomen.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social
@dralanagharris.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
@vch-home.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialWe're really excited to share updates on our exciting new projects in #Devon, #Dorset, #Kent , #Lincolnshire an #London in our latest blog with @ihr.bsky.social, part of our wonderful community of projects.
Please take a look!
@long18thsem.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialWe are back for 2026-7! Join us in person at the IHR or online Wed 7 Oct 5:30pm for @milesogborn.bsky.social’s paper titled ‘Law, Violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials 1832’
Register 👎
@ihr.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialHave you recently started your PhD in history and/or a related discipline? Would you like to hear more about the incredible resources the IHR has to offer history students in the heart of Bloomsbury? Join us on 7 Oct!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
@bho.bsky.socialNew #OpenAccess #History:
Alice Thornton’s Books
Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeenth-Century Woman
Edited by Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge.
@bho.bsky.social@ihr.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialIn our latest On History blog, @zoejackson.bsky.social discusses how they used two petitions as a starting point to reflect on environmental history as a field, and the usefulness of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) for researching environmental histories buff.ly/9yxpTE4
@thegozfather.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialALL Duchy of Lancaster Duchy Chamber pleadings for the reign of Elizabeth I (DL 1/41-213) are now item searchable on the catalogue by name, date, subject, and more. What a time to be a fan of Elizabethan litigation! discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C...
@richardbell.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialMy new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
@apollo-magazine.comReposted by @bho.bsky.social‘The result is an intriguing experiment in democratised curation, substituting a sense of deliberate polish in the displays for a madcap cabinet-of-curiosities.’ Matthew Kerr visits the renovated Hull Maritime Museum in Yorkshire, and likes the cut of its jib.
@histparl.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialWas John London Britain's first Black voter?
The 1749 Westminster by-election may seem unremarkable in its result. However, as @georgianfun.bsky.social explores, the election provides the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election.
#BlackHistoryMonth
@thegozfather.bsky.socialReposted by @bho.bsky.socialOut now! A newly described and sorted Early Modern record series at The National Archives, WARD 14. The series contains records relating to the Court of Wards and Liveries, including a bunch of stuff from the 1640s as the court was winding down. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1...
